'Tryout' definitions:
Definition of 'tryout'
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Definition of 'Tryout'
From: GCIDE
- Tryout \Try"out\, n.
- 1. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 2. (Theater) one or more performances of a play prior to the official opening, held at a location outside of the city where it is to be formally presented, conducted for the purpose of determining audience response or ascertaining weaknesses needing correction. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'tryout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrangement,
- attention,
- audience,
- audition,
- basic training,
- bench test,
- benefit,
- bill,
- briefing,
- bugging,
- clearing the decks,
- conference,
- debut,
- dry run,
- ear,
- eavesdropping,
- electronic surveillance,
- entertainment,
- equipment,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- familiarization,
- farewell performance,
- favorable attention,
- fixing,
- flesh show,
- flight test,
- foundation,
- Gedankenexperiment,
- groundwork,
- hearing,
- interview,
- listening,
- listening in,
- makeready,
- making ready,
- manufacture,
- mobilization,
- performance,
- pilot plan,
- planning,
- practical test,
- practice,
- prearrangement,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- premiere,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparatory study,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequisite,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- pretreatment,
- processing,
- production,
- propaedeutic,
- provision,
- readying,
- rehearsal,
- road test,
- shakedown,
- shakedown cruise,
- show,
- spadework,
- stage presentation,
- swan song,
- test flight,
- test run,
- theatrical performance,
- training,
- treatment,
- trial,
- trial run,
- warm-up,
- wiretapping,
- workout